
of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one
with the Father; He was 'the image of God,'
the image- of His greatness and majesty,
`the outshining of His glory.' It was to
manifest this glory that He came to our
world. To this sin-darkened earth He came
to reveal the light of God's love,—to be
'God with us.' Therefore it was prophesied
of Him, 'His name shall be called Im-
manuel"
'—The Desire of Ages,
page 19.
12.
When and how was this proph-
ecy fulfilled, and for what purpose?
Gal. 4:4, 5.
NorE.—" 'When the fullness of the time
was come, God sent forth His Son.' Provi-
dence had directed the movements of na-
tions, and the tide of human impulse and
influence, until the world was ripe for the
coming of the Deliverer. . . . In 'the re-
gion and shadow of death,' men sat unsol-
aced. With longing eyes they looked for
the coming of the Deliverer."—The
Desire
of Ages,
pages 32, 33.
13.
By what name did Jesus often
refer to Himself? Matt. 18:11; John
3:14.
14.
What testimony does the apos-
tle Paul bear concerning the human-
ity of Jesus? Phil. 2:6-8. Compare
Rom. 1:3.
NOTE.—"The King of glory stooped low
to take humanity. Rude and forbidding
were His earthly surroundings. His glory
was veiled, that the majesty of His outward
form might not become an object of attrac-
tion. He shunned all outward display."—
The Desire of Ages,
page 43.
"But Jesus accepted humanity when the
race had been weakened by four thousand
years of sin. Like every child of Adam He
accepted the results of the working of the
great law of heredity. . . . Yet into the
world where Satan claimed dominion God
permitted His Son to come, a helpless babe,
subject to the weakness of humanity. He
permitted Him to meet life's peril in com-
mon with every human soul, to fight the
battle as every child of humanity must
fight it, at the risk of failure and eternal
loss."—Ibid.,
p. 49.
15.
What was made possible
through Christ's life in human flesh?
Heb. 2:14-18.
NOTE.—Through the life of Christ in hu-
man flesh, His death and subsequent resur-
rection, reconciliation between man and
God was brought about. Christ died in
order that He might abolish death. Rev.
1:18. The resurrection of Jesus made pos-
sible the resurrection of the dead. 1 Cor.
15:12-16.
"In taking our nature, the Saviour has
bound Himself to humanity by a tie that
is never to be broken. Through the eternal
ages He is linked with us. 'God so loved
the world, that He gave His only-begotten
Son.' John 3:16. He gave Him not only
to bear our sins, and to die as our sacri-
fice; He gave Him to the fallen race. To
assure us of His immutable counsel of
peace, God gave His only-begotten Son to
become one of the human family, forever
to retain His human nature."—The
Desire
of Ages,
page 25.
16.
Eventually what will the whole
human race acknowledge? Phil. 2:
9-11; Rev. 5:13.
NOTE.—We are told that the final coro-
nation of Christ will take place after the
resurrection of the wicked, after the City
of God has descended from heaven. In a
panoramic view the lost will see "the scenes
of Adam's temptation and fall, and the
successive steps in the great plan of re-
demption. . . . As if entranced, the wicked
have looked upon the coronation of the
Son of God. They see in His hands the
tables of the divine law, the statutes which
they have despised and transgressed. They
witness the outburst of wonder, rapture,
and adoration from the saved; and as the
wave of melody sweeps over the multitudes
without the city, all with one voice exclaim,
'Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord
God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways,
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